Kiper thinks the Skins want Sanchez

Chris · Status: Offline

RE: Kiper thinks the Skins want Sanchez

ThatDaveGuy · Status: Offline

The biggest problem I have with trading up to get Sanchez is that it HAS to be a home run, there is no way that he turns out merely good and it is not a disaster.

If he were a Peyton Manning or a Marino or an Elway then sure, that argument holds water, you do whatever you have to. Where has anyone seen Sanchez mentioned as being on this level? He is the media flavour du jour, grist for their mills that have to say something even if there is nothing to say. Trade this year's 1st and next year's too for a kid that might be a franchise QB? That's goin all in

Neophyte · Status: Offline

Peter King seems to agree that the Dan wants Sanchez too although someone "close to the situation" is telling him that Snyder has said that next years #1 is not to be part of any deal to get him.

Mayor · Status: Offline

The Redskins haven't had a pro-caliber passing attack in forever. IF the FO thinks Sanchez gives them that, then they should pull the trigger. BUT they better be sure about this choice. If Sanchez stinks, then they will have no choice but to overhaul their FO evaluation process. Maybe that's not a bad thing?

For me, picking the best 3-down DE available makes the most sense [many think that is Robert Ayers].

Bob

Hog Fever · Status: Offline

I agree the Skins haven’t had a consistently dangerous QB, much less a franchise guy, in forever. Problem is the same argument was made when we moved up to get Campbell. He cost two 3rd rounders and a first rounder. He was going to be the franchise QB for years to come too. To be fair a lot of teams make mistakes in drafting a franchise QB. It’s a huge risk even if your team stinks because of the cost. I’m honestly not sure our brain trust is up to it.

If we knew Sanchez was going to be the real deal of course he’s worth two number one picks, maybe more. There just isn't many things in life you can be 100% sure of. That said, I can’t think of any big time proven QB that was available (and in their prime) in free agency in the past 20 years. That kind of stuff just never happens. The only way to get that type of guy is to draft them. So I guess if they feel good enough about this it might be worth the risk. If they’re wrong about this one though……..I don’t even want to think about it. There isn’t much doubt that it would set the franchise back years.

This pain if they're wrong wouldn't just be felt at the QB position either, though that's the most obvious. It would strap us financially as well. That doesn't even mention the other positions we could fill with the draft picks we give up to move up.

This would be a HUGE roll of the dice.

Neophyte · Status: Offline

Here is the thing that sort of gets me...if Sanchez is viewed as the real deal by more than Washington why isn't he mentioned as a possible for Detroit at #1? Why aren't more teams reported to be trying to move up to get him like the Jets, the Jags, the Panthers, the Broncos and the 49ers?

Hog Fever · Status: Offline

Excellent point.

What happens if for some reason Detroit doesn't take Matt Stafford first? Chaos I tell ya, chaos.

Mayor · Status: Offline

Neophyte wrote:

Here is the thing that sort of gets me...if Sanchez is viewed as the real deal by more than Washington why isn't he mentioned as a possible for Detroit at #1? Why aren't more teams reported to be trying to move up to get him like the Jets, the Jags, the Panthers, the Broncos and the 49ers?

Good question.

I'm no expert at evaluating college athletes bound for the NFL, but I have read [and believe] that underclassmen QB's struggle mightily in the pro's and are rarely successful. For that reason alone I would not select Sanchez. Beyond that, I have no clue if he could be THE ONE.

Yusuf06 · Status: Offline

Neophyte wrote:
Here is the thing that sort of gets me...if Sanchez is viewed as the real deal by more than Washington why isn't he mentioned as a possible for Detroit at #1? Why aren't more teams reported to be trying to move up to get him like the Jets, the Jags, the Panthers, the Broncos and the 49ers?

What is "Because they remember Akili Smith" Alex?

I'm not a big fan of Sanchez (though I'd truly love to hear "Dirty" Sanchez to Moss-TD Redskins!) however I could see the case for us taking him at 13 even though we need a RT desperately. Unfortunately mortgaging the future to get him is a completely different case that one simply cannot make while retaining any degree of credibility whatsoever.

-- Edited by Yusuf06 on Monday 20th of April 2009 05:13:24 PM

Chris · Status: Offline

Neophyte wrote:

Here is the thing that sort of gets me...if Sanchez is viewed as the real deal by more than Washington why isn't he mentioned as a possible for Detroit at #1? Why aren't more teams reported to be trying to move up to get him like the Jets, the Jags, the Panthers, the Broncos and the 49ers?

Maybe, just maybe, those teams do want to do just that but don't broadcast their intentions?

LoyalSkinsFan · Status: Offline

"I don't know the future, you don't know the future.......so, f-ck it! Roll the dice!"

--Richard Gere in "Breathless"

Sounded good in the movie and seemed to be a good mantra for me in college.....but in the context of the 2009 NFL Draft I'm feeling a little bit iffy on it.

End of the day, I don't have a problem with the venture.....provided we don't set the team back for years should it fail to pan out. For every John Elway there's an Akili Smith. Hard to know who's going to be who in the end. Doesn't matter if you're Vinny Cerrato, Joe Gibbs, Don Shula or Chuck Knoll......it's a crapshoot. Take the gamble, if you must, but be judicious and not mortgage too much of the future in the process. I'm not concerned at all financially.....I feel that our front office will always find a way to make that work......I just don't want to see us stuck with only back end draft picks for a decade like we were in the late 70's. Then again, if, at the end of that dry patch we were to end up with the next Art Monk (like we did back then), maybe it's not all too bad.

HTTR

Om · Status: Offline

That's the thing about the QB position in the NFL ... there are two kinds of teams, those few that have one everyone recognizes as the real deal, and the many who go into every new season looking for one.

There's no set formula. As HF mentioned, your chances of getting one through FA are almost nil---the Drew Brees to N.O. move was just a flukish set of circumstances, and at that a big gamble for the Saints since he was coming off a serious injury. Fact is, QB is SO vital in the NFL that teams that have them simply don't give them up---Denver being, perhaps, the exception that proves the rule.

Sanchez may or may not be the guy. There's simply no way to project. But what is certain is that if he IS, and the Skins make the move and get him, the franchise is reborn and back in the picture for the next decade-plus. And if they make the move and he isn't ... they're right back where they started---one of the many teams who will go into every new season looking for him.